"We will destroy [Daesh], I have no doubt in my mind,” Brennan told NBC News on Sunday. “And we have to remove the leadership that directs that organization to carry out these horrific attacks.”
Brennan said if the US could kill ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, it would have an effect on the terrorist group.
"If we got Baghdadi, I think it would have a great impact on the organization, and it will be felt by them," he said.
Comparing al-Qaeda to ISIS, Brennan said Osama bin Laden's group was just an "organization," but ISIS is a “phenomenon”.
"We know that ISIS [Daesh] is trying to carry out attacks in Europe and in other parts of the globe. Also, we are working very, very closely with our European partners," he said.
This is while independent analysts believe ISIS is in fact a US funded mercenary organization trained in CIA bases in the Middle East to overthrow the Syrian and other sovereign governments.
The US government and its allies in the region “armed, trained and organized” ISIS to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, American scholar Dr. Kevin Barrett told Press TV.
ISIS was created by Zionist elements in the US and Israel to defend their geostrategic interests and destroy independent governments in the Middle East, Dr. Barrett stated.
Since 2014, ISIS terrorists have been carrying out horrific acts of violence such as public decapitations and crucifixions against all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Izadi Kurds, and Christians, in the areas under their control.
Earlier this year, the US State Department finally acknowledged the fact that the group is committing “genocide” against religious minorities in Iraq and Syria.
US Secretary of State John Kerry announced in March "ISIS is also responsible for crimes against humanity against these same groups” and ethnic cleansing.
He said that “in my judgment ISIS is responsible for genocide against groups in areas under its control including Izadis, Christians, and Shiah Muslims. ISIS is genocidal by self-proclamation, by ideology, and by actions.”
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